The committee of 10 officials from the Centre and states has been constituted following a direction from the PM’s Office, which had asked the housing ministry to work on this in consultation with the Labour Ministry. The panel will submit the report within three months. According to government reports, nearly Rs 25,500 crore was as collected as construction cess till 2015 for the welfare of the construction labourers and those working in kilns, but barely Rs 5,367 crore was spent from this kitty. Even the Supreme Court had earlier blasted both Centre and state governments for sitting on this fund.